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Wednesday, 14 July 2010

Perfect rest

I wrote the following in the January of this year. I waste so much of my life, not seeking God's will, but wishing he would fulfil my own.

I come to the crossto seek the wisdom of one who has gone before.

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It is so hard a task tocast yourself upon Himwho cares for you,when he feels so far away.Are my tears not a dropmore in the ocean of mankind's misery?But when tempests toss thewaves of my ownmood, who could steadythem but He whocommanded the waters to be still?

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What more can I say formy Lord and His character,than that when I am atmy lowest, when Icannot see or feel or hear Him,I know his will is to betrusted.Why is it that evenwhen we are resignedto God's course of actions,that we are pained whenour own plans do notcome to fruition?

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How many tears we shedat the sight of our ownfoolish plans, gone unfulfilled.

How many sleepless nights,our minds race withwhat would not, could not be.

How many an hour spentin dreaming a futureHe did not deem to be ours.

How many hours, days,months, years and liveswasted, not content to restin His perfect will.

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I'm a woman in my mid twenties, living just outside of London, working out my salvation, whilst testing all things, and holding on to what I find to be good. I'm hoping to exchange ideas with others on a similar search for meaning, as I serve Jesus Christ, and seek to know him better.
Having tried, without any real success, to come up with a coherent series of topics I'd like to write about and feeling hideously overwhelmed, I've decided I'm just going to write about what I've been reading and thinking about.